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verb
- (figurative) To proactively take charge of a situation; to be bold in exerting one's will in a situation.
- To shift one's weight forward; to lean forward or towards something.
- (figurative) To continue or strengthen a reaction in the face of criticism or disappointment; to redouble efforts despite setbacks and uncertainty from others.
adj
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
verb
- prod into action
- give a spurt of fuel to
- pinch in the buttocks
- (transitive, slang) To stimulate; to spur.
- (transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks, of (a person).
- (transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
- (slang, UK) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
- (transitive, slang) To gently accelerate (a vehicle); to give repeated, small taps on the accelerator of (a vehicle); to feather the throttle of (a vehicle).
noun
- web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
- (uncountable, historical) An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- (strictly) A female goose.
- Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
- (slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.
verb
- (idiomatic) To take action.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, move.
- (idiomatic, often followed by on) To initiate a conversation or perform an action intended to engage the willing attention of a person in whom one has a romantic or sexual interest; to approach someone of romantic or sexual appeal in hopes of escalating to a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship.
- (idiomatic, chiefly UK and India) To depart from a place; to set off.
noun
- Willingness of action especially in behavior.
- An incentive or reason for doing something.
- The action of motivating.
- Something which motivates.
- (advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
- the act of motivating; providing incentive
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- the condition of being motivated
noun
adj
name
verb
- (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
- (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- (transitive) To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
- (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- (transitive, programming) To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
- (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
- (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- give an incentive for action
- be in a state of action
- dispose of by selling
- go or proceed from one point to another
- progress by being changed
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- follow a procedure or take a course
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- live one's life in a specified environment
noun
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- (syntax) Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- The act of moving; a movement.
- A change in strategy.
- (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
- The event of changing one's residence.
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
- the act of deciding to do something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
verb
- (intransitive) To be highly productive.
- (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
- (intransitive) To revel in.
- (intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
- To be copiously supplied. [with in or with ‘something’]
- be in a state of movement or action
- be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
noun
verb
noun
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a notable achievement
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- An endeavor.
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
verb
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
verb
- (transitive) To incite to action.
- (transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
- (intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.
- (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
- (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.
- (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
- (intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.
- (transitive) To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
- (intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- to begin moving
- move very slightly
- move an implement through
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- affect emotionally
- stir feelings in
- mix or add by stirring
noun
- (slang) Jail; prison.
- Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
- Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
- The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
- agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- emotional agitation and excitement
- a rapid active commotion
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- clean with hard rubbing
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- wash thoroughly
adj
noun
- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who scrubs.
- (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- A cancellation.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- A worn-out brush.
- That which scrubs.
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
noun
- a person who initiates a course of action
- One who initiates.
- (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction.
- (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
- (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.
- (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
adj
- (of objects or actions) Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.
- (UK, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
- Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
- Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
- Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
- (of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
- (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
- Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.
- mentally quick and resourceful
- showing inventiveness and skill
- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
verb
- (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- (intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- (nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- (intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- exert full strength
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- pay special attention to
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
verb
- (intransitive) To continue an action.
- (intransitive) To proceed (to do something).
- (intransitive) To continue in extent.
- (intransitive) To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
- (intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- (transitive) To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
- (intransitive) To happen (occur).
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- start running, functioning, or operating
- continue talking
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- come to pass
intj
adj
noun
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- (architecture, fine arts, music) Alternative form of motif.
- (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
- (British) One's plans for the day or night.
- (British) A party, gathering, or get-together.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
verb
verb
noun
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
verb
- (transitive, informal) To put into action.
- (transitive, informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
noun
- the consequence of some effort or action
- an amount of a product
- the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
- (attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
- An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
- (informal) A crazy person.
- The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
- Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
- A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
- (botany) A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
- The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
- (derogatory, figurative) An effeminate man.
verb
noun
- An action or act; something that is done.
- (by extension, real estate) The legal title to real estate; ownership.
- (law) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To act in response.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- act against or in opposition to
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- show a response or a reaction to something
noun
adj
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- (politics) Liberal.
- (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- Advancing in severity.
- (grammar) Continuous.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
- advancing in severity
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- gradually advancing in extent
- favoring or promoting progress
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
noun
- (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
- One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- Clipping of progressive dinner
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
verb
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some advantageous course of action; (more generally) to be successful.
- (transitive, military slang) To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to be cooked, i.e. to put in a hopeless situation.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- (transitive) To concoct or prepare.
- (intransitive, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
- (transitive, slang) To execute by electric chair.
- (intransitive, slang, derogatory, Australia) To develop insane or fringe ideas.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some plan or course of action, or develop some train of thought towards its conclusion (whether this is advantageous, or comical, or digging into a hole).
- (transitive, slang) To kill, destroy, or otherwise render useless or inoperative through exposure to excessive heat or radiation.
- (intransitive) To be cooked.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or humiliate.
- (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- (transitive, video games) To smelt.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- prepare a hot meal
- transform by heating
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
- (cooking) A person who prepares food.
- (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- (cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food.
- (cooking) The head cook of a manor house.
- (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- (chess) An unintended solution to a chess problem, considered to spoil the problem.
- A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.
- (metalworking, construction) The member of a hot-rivetting team who heats the rivets in a brazier, see rivet.
- someone who cooks food
verb
adj
noun
noun
- The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
- The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
- A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
- That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
- the trade of a funeral director
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
verb
adj
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.
- Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
- Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- suitable for cutting or piercing
noun
- Willingness of action especially in behavior.
- An incentive or reason for doing something.
- The action of motivating.
- Something which motivates.
- (advertising) A research rating that measures how the rational and emotional elements of a commercial affect consumer intention to consider, visit, or buy something.
- the act of motivating; providing incentive
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- the condition of being motivated
noun
adj
name
noun
verb
noun
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a notable achievement
- use of physical or mental energy; hard work
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- An endeavor.
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
verb
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
noun
- a person who initiates a course of action
- One who initiates.
- (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction.
- (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
- (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.
- (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
noun
- the consequence of some effort or action
- an amount of a product
- the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
- (attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
- An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
- (informal) A crazy person.
- The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
- Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
- A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
- (botany) A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
- The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
- (derogatory, figurative) An effeminate man.
verb
noun
- An action or act; something that is done.
- (by extension, real estate) The legal title to real estate; ownership.
- (law) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
verb
noun
- The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
- The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
- A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
- That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
- the trade of a funeral director
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
verb
verb
- (figurative) To proactively take charge of a situation; to be bold in exerting one's will in a situation.
- To shift one's weight forward; to lean forward or towards something.
- (figurative) To continue or strengthen a reaction in the face of criticism or disappointment; to redouble efforts despite setbacks and uncertainty from others.
verb
- prod into action
- give a spurt of fuel to
- pinch in the buttocks
- (transitive, slang) To stimulate; to spur.
- (transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks, of (a person).
- (transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
- (slang, UK) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
- (transitive, slang) To gently accelerate (a vehicle); to give repeated, small taps on the accelerator of (a vehicle); to feather the throttle of (a vehicle).
noun
- web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
- (uncountable, historical) An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- (strictly) A female goose.
- Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
- (slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.
verb
- (idiomatic) To take action.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, move.
- (idiomatic, often followed by on) To initiate a conversation or perform an action intended to engage the willing attention of a person in whom one has a romantic or sexual interest; to approach someone of romantic or sexual appeal in hopes of escalating to a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship.
- (idiomatic, chiefly UK and India) To depart from a place; to set off.
verb
- (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
- (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- (transitive) To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
- (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- (transitive, programming) To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
- (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
- (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- give an incentive for action
- be in a state of action
- dispose of by selling
- go or proceed from one point to another
- progress by being changed
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- follow a procedure or take a course
- arouse sympathy or compassion in
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
- live one's life in a specified environment
noun
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- (syntax) Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- The act of moving; a movement.
- A change in strategy.
- (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
- The event of changing one's residence.
- the act of changing your residence or place of business
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
- the act of deciding to do something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
verb
- (intransitive) To be highly productive.
- (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
- (intransitive) To revel in.
- (intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
- To be copiously supplied. [with in or with ‘something’]
- be in a state of movement or action
- be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
verb
- (transitive) To incite to action.
- (transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
- (intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.
- (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
- (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.
- (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
- (intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.
- (transitive) To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
- (intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- to begin moving
- move very slightly
- move an implement through
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- affect emotionally
- stir feelings in
- mix or add by stirring
noun
- (slang) Jail; prison.
- Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
- Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
- The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
- agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- emotional agitation and excitement
- a rapid active commotion
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- clean with hard rubbing
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- wash thoroughly
adj
noun
- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who scrubs.
- (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- A cancellation.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- A worn-out brush.
- That which scrubs.
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
verb
- (intransitive) To intensify one's efforts.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- (transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- (intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
- (nautical) To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- (intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner.
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- exert full strength
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- pay special attention to
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
verb
- (intransitive) To continue an action.
- (intransitive) To proceed (to do something).
- (intransitive) To continue in extent.
- (intransitive) To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
- (intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- (transitive) To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
- (intransitive) To happen (occur).
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- start running, functioning, or operating
- continue talking
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- come to pass
intj
verb
noun
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- An official or social occasion.
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- (slang) A party.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- a relation such that one thing is dependent on another
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- what something is used for
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
verb
- (transitive, informal) To put into action.
- (transitive, informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
verb
- (intransitive) To act in response.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- act against or in opposition to
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- show a response or a reaction to something
noun
verb
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some advantageous course of action; (more generally) to be successful.
- (transitive, military slang) To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to be cooked, i.e. to put in a hopeless situation.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- (transitive) To concoct or prepare.
- (intransitive, music, slang) To play music vigorously.
- (transitive, slang) To execute by electric chair.
- (intransitive, slang, derogatory, Australia) To develop insane or fringe ideas.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (intransitive, jazz, slang) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) To proceed with some plan or course of action, or develop some train of thought towards its conclusion (whether this is advantageous, or comical, or digging into a hole).
- (transitive, slang) To kill, destroy, or otherwise render useless or inoperative through exposure to excessive heat or radiation.
- (intransitive) To be cooked.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or humiliate.
- (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- (transitive, video games) To smelt.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- prepare a hot meal
- transform by heating
- transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
- (cooking) A person who prepares food.
- (slang) One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- (cooking) The degree or quality of cookedness of food.
- (cooking) The head cook of a manor house.
- (slang) A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
- (chess) An unintended solution to a chess problem, considered to spoil the problem.
- A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.
- (metalworking, construction) The member of a hot-rivetting team who heats the rivets in a brazier, see rivet.
- someone who cooks food
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
adj
- (of objects or actions) Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.
- (UK, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
- Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
- Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
- Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
- (of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
- (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
- Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.
- mentally quick and resourceful
- showing inventiveness and skill
- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
adj
noun
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- (architecture, fine arts, music) Alternative form of motif.
- (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
- (British) One's plans for the day or night.
- (British) A party, gathering, or get-together.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
verb
adj
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- (politics) Liberal.
- (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- Advancing in severity.
- (grammar) Continuous.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
- advancing in severity
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- gradually advancing in extent
- favoring or promoting progress
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
noun
- (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
- One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- Clipping of progressive dinner
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
adj
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.
- Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
- Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- suitable for cutting or piercing